Word: reals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since ostentatious display is frowned upon, scrupulous underconsumption, mixed with an unreal vagueness about income sources and feigned ignorance of the costs of goods, is easily mistaken for "real wealth." Lest you scoff, note the commoners around you who drop names with a straight face, the bar fly who mutters, "I never should have dropped Bauxite," and the man who, professing to enjoy driving his Volkswagen, laughs lightly at a streaking Lear Jet, shaking his head quizzically and mumbling "Nouveau riche." Which is to say, it works, and has been working for quite some time. Convincing people is only...
...five-page communique issued after the talks, in fact, was written in advance. Both Johnson and Thieu denied that a full bombing pause was even discussed. Both repeated statements that they had made a dozen times before. South Viet Nam would be fully represented at Paris, if and when real negotiations start, and there would be no coalition government "imposed" on Saigon. Yet it was almost inconceivable that new peace overtures had not even been touched upon, and reporters-fully aware of Johnson's love of dramatic surprises-came away unconvinced that they had been told the full story...
Standin. Fortas' friendship with the President was not the only objection raised to his confirmation. For some, it was merely a screen to hide their real concern. Some Republicans, hoping for victory in November, do not want Johnson to name anyone to the court for the remainder of his term, since that might deprive a G.O.P. President of the chance to select his own man. Many Southerners dislike the activist trend of the court altogether and see Fortas as a too liberal successor to Warren. As Mississippi's John Stennis complained, "He has clearly shown his alignment with...
Sanders Theatre provided a real challenge for Alexander Schneider and Chamber Ensemble Monday night during the first of five concerts to be presented by the Harvard Summer School. The theatre was filled to capacity and programs used as fans provided the only ventilation aside from the windows, which allowed the noise of motorcycles, honking horns, and fire sirens to compete with the music...
...love the heat. You can make it come to you strong. A fellow shut himself up in the bedroom of his apartment, closed the door and window and got under the covers and thought about being out in the Sahara. He got a very close to the heat, real heat, not like a sauna bath or a steam bath...